The VTV Show - ID# 238

Homewood-Flossmoor
News Program
Entry Description

VTV's Daily Show

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Recent Teacher Comments

  • 4/24 6:11 am - Nice tease. Nice personality of anchors. Would be nice to see b-roll in OTS’s instead of just a single still image. Play-nice use of b-roll. When interviewing someone, they should not look at the camera. Focus issue on one interview. It would be nice to have the reporters do a stand up at the events. People like to put a face to a voice, and it is just so easy to just record a VO after the fact.. Nice energy in sports anchor. Good b-roll in bb segment, but move around and get it from more than just one angle. Weather - why is there a 40 degrees celsius below Saturday, which is 41 degrees fahrenheit? I was confused with the State Farm piece. Is this an advertisement? Seemed like a mistake or segment, or part of a blooper reel.
  • 3/4 4:07 pm - Great start with the energy and anchors seem engaged. I like the way the stories were teased. The audio elements of this show were locked in and very balanced. Nice job highlighting the debate team's success as a reader. Starting the show with two readers does slow the show down a bit. Maybe a soundbite for one of these stories. The talent show video was nice and a good use of a soundbite. The actual soundbite used wasn't helpful however. Maybe how they prepared for the event? The fall play package was nicely reported but it did take a long time to get to the first soundbite. The interview didn't follow the rule of 3rds. The broll includes some shot adjustments. There could have been some nat sound breaks since it's a show. This didn't include any students. As always, the sports segment in this show was very well done. That's the kind of knowledge and engagement an anchor should have. The presentation of this is spot on. The weather was ok. She is standing right in front of the word Viking on the green screen.
  • 3/1 5:08 pm - Solid show. Nice looking set. Anchors did a great job- reading was flawless and very professional. Segment on play was well done- shots looked very good and interviews well done. Sports was solid- sports guy was enthusiastic and b-roll was spot on. Weather was a nice touch- anchor could be a bit more conversational. Overall the show was informative and professional looking.
Judge 1

Positives: Great open, very well written. Anchors do great intros and tags to the stories. The sports segment was excellent - the script was written t the video and the anchor's enthusiasm really makes the segment move. The segment on the ply was great, too (with one exception noted below)

Improvements: Hard to find anything to change in this show. I would have like to have seen the reporter who did the play story - he could have done a standup bridge or close in front of the set.

Judge 2

Positives: This is structure like an actual newscast! Love the over the shoulders with just VO and packages. A true blend. You may consider making some a VOSOT to break up the plain VOs to packages. I appreciate the sports and weather addition to the show run down. Sports guy has great energy! Tell him to keep with sports if he's interesting. A good tease at the end of the show too. Really newscasts do just that! Formatting overall was great!

Improvements: Encourage anchors to have fun, be themselves, interact with one another. Opinions were shared following the theatre package...but chat WITH each other and not just the camera. Feels more natural than forced and scripted thoughts. Work on looking room for interviews and to not have the interviewee looking right into the camera. Don't be afraid to restate you need them to chat with you when completing the interview. I challenge some of these packages to use natural audio. Would love to hear some of what's actually happening throughout the theatre scene. Curious what the source is for the weather information...may consider adding this into the graphics upper righthand or left-hand corner.

Judge 3

Positives: This was a well-rounded newscast. Your program included anchor-delivered stories, a news package by a field reporter and sports and weather reports. The students performed well with each style and the variation kept the newscast interesting. All the on-air talent delivered strong, credible reporting. The news package on the play (the time crunch) and the recap on the basketball game (play by play leading to a game-winning shot) were great storytelling. Also, the amount of local content was impressive, giving your viewer what they want: stories about their school and fellow students.

Improvements: Some of your b-roll and interviews needed improvement. The crew director was out of focus, some of the people being interviewed looked directly at the camera and the shaky b-roll in the basketball game recap took away from excellent reporting. While the students excelled at reporting, which is the important part, the newscast (outside of the opening) lacked strong production value. Particularly, more dramatic graphics that followed a consistent style would create a more professional looking and cohesive newscast.

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